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Third week of Lent reflection: God’s home is a place of love and mercy

By Gerry Fischer, associate director, Campus Ministry  I have had a hard time identifying with the character of the prodigal son. I cannot even imagine having the expectation of getting an inheritance from my father. Even more, I can’t imagine asking for such an inheritance from my living, breathing dad!  I am personally pretty frugal, and I am […]

Marquette Online Course Evaluation System will be unavailable April 2

The Marquette Online Course Evaluation System (MOCES) will be unavailable on Tuesday, April 2, from 8 a.m. through noon. This is due to a planned move of the university’s course evaluation system to the cloud. Please note that existing evaluations and results will transfer to the hosted system as part of the migration. The university will […]

EOP 50th anniversary celebration steering committee formed; events to take place throughout the 2019-20 academic year

In his 2019 Presidential Address, President Michael R. Lovell charged a steering committee with putting together a year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Educational Opportunity Program during the 2019-2020 academic year. The steering committee will be led by Rana Altenburg, vice president, Office of Public Affairs; Maureen Hoyler, president, Council for Opportunity and […]

Simmons Lecture on Society and Human Values is March 27

The Center for the Advancement of the Humanities will host the “Dr. Edward D. Simmons Lecture on Society and Human Values” on Wednesday, March 27, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Sensenbrenner Hall.  Dr. Nancy Bauer, dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and professor at Tufts University, will present the lecture. Bauer will speak […]

Marquette Chorus concert is March 28

Marquette Chorus will host a concert on Thursday, March 28, at 6 p.m. in the Haggerty Museum of Art.   This choral concert will explore the concept of space that is above and below a real, fabricated or virtual line that may be in our minds or hearts. The music selected for this program involves […]

Near West Side Partners offers ‘Live, Work, Play’ program

Near West Side Partners is excited to offer down payment and rental incentives to employees of Near West Side businesses who would like to live in the Near West Side. “Live, Work, Play” is a home ownership incentive program that provides funding to assist eligible home buyers purchase homes in Milwaukee’s seven Near West Side […]

Professor awarded $1.9 million grant for spinal cord regeneration project

Dr. Murray Blackmore, associate professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a five-year project that targets regenerating injured nerve cells in spinal cord injuries. The grant is his third NIH grant of more than $1 million in […]

Lot D will open for permitted employee parking next week

Lot D, the new surface lot immediately west of the new Athletic and Human Performance Research Center, will officially open for employee parking on April 1. It will remain closed this week. At this time, everyone who applied for Lot D will be assigned to park there; permits for this premium location will be charged […]

Fall semester course wait lists to open April 15

Wait listing for most undergraduate courses will open on Monday, April 15, after early registration has ended. Students who are unable to register for a class during early registration may join the wait list at this time.   Please note that joining a wait list does not ensure enrollment in the class. In addition, the Marquette Core […]